Cousin of Michael Brown Victim of Metal Pipe Beating by Brown Family

The Michael Brown case in Ferguson descends into further chaos, if that was at all possible. Reports indicate that one person associated with Michael Brown’s mother, Lesley McSpadden, upon finding other Brown relatives selling t-shirts and other Michael Brown-related merchandise, assaulted one of them (a cousin) with a metal pipe, and grabbed merchandise and a money box containing about $1400. The victim was hospitalized, and as of this writing, no arrests have been made.

This event followed recent statements McSpadden had recently made denouncing the practice by other relatives of profiteering from the tragedy.

From the beginning of the Micheal Brown case in Ferguson Missouri, cooler heads have not prevailed. Those exploiting this event have used the tactic of inciting violence and using the threat of violence to achieve their purposes.

But it appears that the handlers cannot stoke violent emotions week after week, and then expect organized and civilized behavior by the people whose emotions they exploit.

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The weapons had evolved, but our orders remained the same: Hunt them down and kill them off, one by one. A most successful campaign. Perhaps too successful. For those like me, a Death Dealer, this signaled the end of an era. Like the weapons of the previous century, we, too, would become obsolete. Pity, because I lived for it.

In 2008 my life changed when Barack Obama came into my front yard on a campaign stop. I asked him why he wanted to raise taxes, and he said that he wanted to “spread the wealth.” Since then, I have gained a national following as “Joe the Plumber” and now travel the country speaking and encouraging other everyday folks to get involved in the political process.